Student written Research Laboratory Guidebook 2026Nagaoka University of Technology

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Healthcare Digital Transformation (DX) Laboratory

Associate Professor / KATSUKI Masahito
  • Analyzing medical data using machine learning
  • Developing medical artificial intelligence (AI)
  • Creating evidence for the online medical consultations!

Associate Professor / KATSUKI Masahito
We have established the Healthcare Digital Transformation (DX) Laboratory as of April 1, 2024. We are conducting research into the development of medical AI and the popularization of online medical consultations in order to prevent the collapse of the medical system due to an aging society and financial difficulties and make it sustainable. (Recruitment is currently suspended until the end of November 2026)

Research Content

1. To solve the problems of a shortage of doctors, medical care in remote areas, and financial difficulties, we will develop AI and robots to support doctors' work. 2. To increase the productivity of Japan's working population, we will conduct research into methods of raising awareness of and promoting consultation for diseases that place a heavy burden on daily life, such as migraine, mental illness, and insomnia. 3. We will conduct research into methods of improving the shortage of doctors and the imbalance in the quality of medical care by using online consultations to shift tasks between doctors across the country and patients across the country. We will conduct demonstration experiments on these issues in collaboration with university-affiliated clinics and related clinics (such as the Tsubame-Sanjo Sugoronou Clinic).

Performance of the headache AI diagnosis

A Day in the Lab

I am a doctor and only someone who can do a little programming. The students are experts in engineering and technology, so I will do my best to support what the students want to do. It is important to coordinate the needs of the medical field with the technology of the engineering department, and I would like to think about how to use the technology that each student has in the field together and decide on a theme. I am also actively participating in international conferences and submitting papers, so let's work hard together to make our overseas debut.

We introduced migraine AI diagnosis and online medical care to the world at the 2023 World Congress of Neurology.

Thesis Subjects

  • No data due to the newly established laboratory.

The number of
PhD Graduates

0

Major employers of Graduates

  • No data due to the newly established laboratory.
Writer : Associate Professor KATSUKI Masahito